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Czech exile in Mexico during the World War II
Jonáková, Martina ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
The diploma thesis provides an in depth overview of Czech exile in Mexico during the Second World War. Initially the text describes the political and social situation in Europe and Mexico during the 1930's and 1940's and elucidates the reasons leading to emigration. In the following part the subject matter of exiled Czechs is characterised, especially regarding Czech authors writing in German. The last chapter maps the communities of expat and their activity in aid of the Czechoslovak resistance movement; provides a detailed description of the Czechoslovak-Mexican Association and finally presents the stories of several exiles who were forced to leave Czechoslovakia during the Second World War.
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Does really exist any space in the history of the topic of the Holocaust, in which there was no discussion in the USA about what had happened?
Rejtmajerová, Alžběta ; Kubátová, Hana (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
Most of historians embraced the opinion, that the Holocaust was not the part of the public discourse from the end of the World War II until the 1960s. This premise persisted until the late 20th century. At the beginning of the 21st century started to talk the historians who believed that there was no vacuum. They try to defend their beliefs. Bachelor thesis Does really exist any space in the history of the topic of the Holocaust, in which there was no discussion in the USA about what had happened? talks about dilemma of historians, if there was no public discussion in the USA for some time, or if it is just a myth. It also deals with the reasons, how such dilemma could arise. And if it really is only a myth, how it could persist until today? Analysis of sources and arguments shows the conclusion, that each party of the dispute has its part of truth. The Holocaust was rather the marginal topic of public debate in the 1950s. There were multiple reasons to think so. Mainly, it was a political situation in the USA, than the survivors did not want to talk about their traumas or the society did not want to listen. The reasons complemented each other. Yet, arose works on Jewish suffering during World War II. Predominant reasons favour to the conclusion, that there was no silence. Quite a few works were...
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Auschwitz Theme in Philosophy and Ethics
Biňovcová, Lucie ; Blažková, Miloslava (advisor) ; Pelcová, Naděžda (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the Auschwitz theme in philosophy and ethics. The first part of the thesis aims to describe the development of the humanistic tradition in Europe as well as individual types of humanism, their basis and their difficulties. The main focus of the diploma thesis is on the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas and Jean-François Lyotard. Furthermore, the hypothesis, according to which traditional humanism resulted in the events of Holocaust, is derived from their thoughts. The aim of the study is to prove or disprove this hypothesis. In addition to the analysis of both Lévinas and Lyotard's theories, it also addresses the studies of other philosophers whose philosophical thinking is related to the issue of Holocaust. Their thoughts and concepts are compared and confronted with the theories of the main critics of the concept of humanism, Lévinas and Lyotard. Key words: Auschwitz, Holocaust, Nazism, Humanism, Lévinas, Lyotard
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Sophie's Choice - Trauma of the Holocaust Survivor
Dombrovská, Lucia ; Ulmanová, Hana (advisor) ; Veselá, Pavla (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the Holocaust trauma and its depiction in William Styron's novel Sophie's Choice. Many novelists have endeavoured to describe this phenomenon in their works of art, but most of them were confronted with a great challenge - to depict the story they didn't experience, a story of the Holocaust survivor. William Styron is one of them. Therefore it is necessary to consider how precise depiction the novelist offers to his readers. The aim of this work is to analyze Styron's novel and discover whether Sophie's choice includes an authentic depiction of the Holocaust survivor's trauma. The first chapter of the work focuses on trauma. Its aim is to define trauma and research this phenomenon in wider context. There are many psychological theories of trauma and its treatment. For the purpose of this work Jungian psychoanalytic approach has been chosen. C. G. Jung and his disciples have widely explored the inner world of patients suffering from trauma. Moreover, psychoanalysis has made great effort to describe how trauma manifests itself through archetypal imagery and symbols present in dreams and fantasies of traumatized patients. Therefore this psychological theory is applicable when analyzing a work of art. The most widespread psychological diagnosis of people who have...
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Hanus Hachenburg 1929 -1944
Pražák, Daniel ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Koura, Petr (referee)
This work is focused on the fate of the Jewish poet Hanuš Hachenburg, who was murdered in a gas chamber in Auschwitz-Birkenau at the age of fourteen. In the first part, the work maps his life from his unclear childhood, first with parents and later his life in the orphanage, to the transport to Theresienstadt and the stay in Auschwitz - Birkenau. The part of his life spent in Theresienstadt will be dealt with in detail, particularly concerning his literary work for the boys' magazine Vedem. At the end of this part, the living conditions in the Theresienstadt family camp and its organization are described. The second part of the work deals with the second life of Hanuš Hachenburg. The author describes numerous projects, together with their results, dedicated to the person of Hanuš Hacheburg in the last five years. KEYWORDS Theresienstadt, holocaust, Auschwitz, poetry, Vedem, Hanuš Hachenburg
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Reflection on Jewish Themes Protectorate in literature
Drahorádová, Ivana ; Med, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Svatoň, Vladimír (referee)
This bachelor's thesis aims to compare different approaches of Jewish minority to racial discrimination in beautiful literature of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Based on a comparison of four selected titles from the Czech fiction, I will discuss how the Jews stand for placing racial policy into practice in the selected works, how the main characters coped with persecutions, and what was their internal experience of wartime events. The bachelor thesis will be based on a specified primary literature, which was intentionally chosen to clearly illustrate the different attitudes of the Jews. I will focus even on interfaces and on what the main characters connects in the selected titles. Also, I want to emphasize how they differ and how each one of them puts up differently and in a unique way with their difficult situation.
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Continuity and Change in German Political Discourse: Holocaust as a Theme in Politics
Ďurková, Michaela ; Kubátová, Hana (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the development of political discourse about Holocaust in Germany in the 1990s. It explores one of the most discussed chapters of German history by analysing speeches of selected political players. Political discourse is being viewed as an significant agent of the national process of reconciliation with past and as an element that abets in forming and strengthening of democracy. First part of thesis (1. and 2. chapter) is concerned with the theoretical approach to analysis. It examines contribution of political discourse analysis to political science. It also describes connection between the applied methodology and the object of study and gives reasons why is the work focused on the German parliament. Next part focuses on historical development of political discourse in Germany since 1945. It demonstrates the possibility that changes of such discourse are influenced by political regime and interests of country's main political representatives. The main part of the research is based on a premise that Holocaust as a theme played a significant role in the political speeches in Germany. By the medium of analysing individual speeches of selected policymakers will author come to evaluation of the extent of changes in German political discourse about Holocaust...
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Attitude of the Catholic Church towards the Vichy regim
Jägerová, Julie ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
Following thesis deals with relationship between the Catholic Church and a regime established in a part of France during the Second World War. The purpose of the thesis is to analyse main origins of attitude of the Catholic Church towards Vichy France. This attitude is generally considered to be positive. The thesis examines this question only on level of episcopacy. Other levels of possible research are knowingly omitted because of a limited extent of this text. The author emphasizes three main problems of relationship between the Catholic Church and the Vichy regime. Firstly, the thesis focuses on the process of convergence of the Church and the state, secondly this congruity is confronted with moments of clash of opinion between these two elements. Finally, the last chapter deals with post-war situation in France which is connected with purification of the catholic hierarchy. Keywords Catholic Church, France, Vichy, World War II, resistance, collaboration, antisemitism, holocaust, Alfred Baudrillart, Pierre-Marie Gerlier
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The Cultural Space and Memory in the Work of Viktor Fischl
Štychová, Michaela ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
The aim of this work is to show, how the collective, or rathert he cultural memory is realized in the work of Viktor Fischl in the term of the Holocaust, in which way is the traumatic experience objected in "remembering" in particular Fischl's books, how the characters deal with this experience. Theoretical framework is mainly based on Aleida and Jan Assmann's essays and studies and Maurice Halbwachs's important and inspiring book Collective memory. The main focus of this paper is based on its practical part in which the author tries to clarify and verify conceptions of cultural memory in literary texts. The emphasis is put on those post-war Fischl's proses which reflect the Holocaust exactly from the perspective of author's time, spatial and also empirical distance. This distance creates a very specific form of remembering and its narration. In the conclusion the findings are summed up and generalized. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Female overseers and physicians in the concetration and examination camps of nazi germany
Straková, Katarína ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
Diploma thesis "Female Overseers and Doctors in the Concentration and Extermination Camps of Nazi Germany" deals with life and deeds of these women before and during World War 2. In my thesis I would therefore like to address the possible causes of the Holocaust, I want to think about how we can from the relatively recent past World War 2 learn, or whether there are any options to prevent similar incidents. It will try to hold on to the role of women in the extermination camps, which were the main venue of the program extermination of Jews and other minorities. I will focus on the phenomenon of "bad women" in the death camps, thus nazi women or female doctors. I would like this type of women looked at from a sociological point of view. If possible, a description of their origin, family background, education, interpersonal relationships, behavior in the camp and the like. It is clear that there are more reasons why some individuals become a cruel figure. Of course, some tendencies to violence inside each and every one must be encoded. I believe, however, that the main role is played by education, whether at home or at school.
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